Forty years of the GZK problem:
the 3rd International Workshop on
Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays and their sources

INR, Moscow, May 16-18, 2006


Preliminary program

Tuesday, May 16

10:00 Opening
10:10 G. Zatsepin. Introductory remarks
10:20 G. Thomson. Observation of the GZK Cutoff by the HiRes Experiment (50+20) [presentation]

11:30 Coffee
12:00 M. Giller. The Pierre Auger Observatory (80+20)
[presentation]

13:40 Lunch

14:40 J. Matthews. HiRes Anisotropy Results (30+10)
[presentation]
15:20 D. Semikoz. UHECR clustering and extragalactic magnetic fields (60+15) [presentation]
16:35 Tea
17:05 M. Takeda. The Telescope Array experiment (45+15)
[presentation]

Wednesday, May 17

10:00 D. Gorbunov. Towards event-by-event composition studies (45+15) [presentation]
11:00 K. Belov. Measurements of Xmax by Fluorescence Experiments (30+10) [presentation]
11:40 Coffee
12:10 O. Kalashev. Nuclei as UHECR (30+10)
[presentation]
12:50 A. Uryson. Propagation of UHECRs from sources to the Earth (30+10) [presentation]

13:40 Lunch

14:40 M. Pravdin. Properties of giant air showers and the problem of energy estimation of initial particles (45+15)
[presentation]
15:40 K. Shinozaki. AGASA (30+10) [presentation]
16:20 Tea
16:50 L. Dedenko. First energy estimates of giant air showers with help of the hybrid scheme of simulations
(30+10) [presentation]
17:30 G. Rubtsov. Small-scale structure of EAS (45+15) [presentation],   [Livni - public library of air showers]
18:30 S. Troitsky. Suppressing artificial fluctuations in air-shower simulations (20+10) [presentation]

19:00 Reception


Thursday, May 18

10:00 F. Saleza. First data of ANTARES neutrino telescope (30+10) [presentation]
10:40 K. Belov. Experimental measurement of the k-factor (30+10) [presentation]
11:20 Coffee
11:50 R. Mukhamedshin. On problems of choice of hadron interaction models and the study of PCR spectrum at ultra high energies (30+10)
[presentation]
12:30 V. Yakovlev. The role of charm at ultra-high-energies (10+5) [presentation]
12:45 A. Starobinsky. Trans-Planckian particle creation and UHECR (45+15)

13:45 Lunch

14:40 M. Giller. A method for shower reconstruction from fluorescence detector in the Auger experiment (30+10)
[presentation]
15:20 M. Fairbairn. PVLAS: Implications for astrophysics and cosmic rays (30+10) [presentation]
16:00 P. Tinyakov. Can neutral correlations be explained in the Standard Model? (20+10) [presentation]
16:30 Tea
16:50 B. Khrenov. Space Detectors TUS/KLYPVE of Cosmic Rays in the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin Energy Limit Range (45+15)
[presentation]
17:50 V. Kuzmin. Concluding remarks
18:00 Closing and farewell coffee followed by free discussions

22:00 Bus from INR to the railway station (for those who takes the night train to St.Petersburg)